01/26/2020
01/26/2020
Local News for Westport, Connecticut
01/26/2020
01/26/2020
Greens Farms snaps Brunswick’s 22-year run as FAA wrestling champions
WESTPORT – The Greens Farms Academy wrestling team won the 2020 Fairchester Athletic Association championship on Saturday, ending Brunswick School’s 22-year stranglehold on the title in the process. GFA wen… Read the rest of the article on gametimect.com READ MORE.01/26/2020
Westport Views: Colorful circles at Staples
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01/25/2020
Westport Recreation: For today Saturday, Jan. …
For today Saturday, Jan. 25 the 11am inclusive ice skating lesson has been canceled due to the inclement weather. Read the article on twitter.com READ MORE.
01/25/2020
‘Mom and Dad Are Gone’
Tara Donnelly Gottlieb told today’s antigun event at Toquet Hall of the day she heard her parents, Tim and Kim Donnelly, were killed in 2005 in the robbery of their jewelry store in Fairfield. “Mom and dad are gone,” she sad. “Today some people will say students are told a lockdown in schools is normal. READ MORE.
01/25/2020
Teens Lead Rally Against Gun Violence
Community leaders, parents and others convened at Toquet Hall today for an event organized by Westport’s Students Demand Action chapter, in conjunction with CT Against Gun Violence (CAGV) to raise awareness about gun violence prevention. Elana Atlas (c), 16, a Staples High School junior, a co-founder and leader of the Students Demand Action chapter, addresses READ MORE.
01/25/2020
Applause: Quick Center puts on controversial ‘Porgy and Bess’
“An’ nuttin’s plenty fo’ me / I got no car, got no mule, I got no misery / De folks wid plenty o’ plenty / Got a lock an dey door / ‘Fraid somebody’s a-goin’ to rob ’em / While dey’s out a-makin’ more / What for?” Bet you can’t read those lyrics without humming READ MORE.01/25/2020
Saturday, Jan. 25, 2020
10 a.m. – 2 p.m. – Gilbertie’s (7 Sylvan Lane) – Westport Winter Farmers Market 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. – Westport Observatory (182 Bayberry Lane) – Winter Field Day at K1WAS 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. – Westport Museum for History and Culture – “Becoming Westport” 1 p.m. – Earthplace – Saturdays at Earthplace: READ MORE.
01/25/2020
Pet of the Week: Cloud
We’ve got another boy with a beautiful singing voice. Meet Cloud, a 6-year-old foxhound. He’s looking for a single-family home where he can entertain his family with a concert without disturbing neighbors, and he’d like to be friends with kids 12 years old and up. He can be calm, but still needs some exercise every READ MORE.
01/24/2020
Town of Westport, CT: Public Meeting Schedule January …
Public Meeting Schedule January 26-31, 2020. Read the article on twitter.com READ MORE.
01/24/2020
Town of Westport, CT: 2020 TEAM Westport Teen …
2020 TEAM Westport Teen Diversity Essay Contest Tackles Stereotypes. Students attending High School in Westport or who live in Westport and attend High School elsewhere are invited to participate. Read the article on twitter.com READ MORE.
01/24/2020
Spring Sports Registration
Spring sports registration is open, please visit ATHLETICS to register Read the article on westport.k12.ct.us READ MORE.
01/24/2020
Woog’s World: Money for transit upgrades doesn’t grow on trees
In the past 50 years, mankind has made dramatic strides. We have put men on the moon, and men and women into an orbiting space station. We have shrunk computers from the size of living rooms to those we put in our pockets. We have increased our life spans, decreased death rates for most cancers, READ MORE.
01/24/2020
Westport News: Tax Help Available
#Westport, CT – Department of Human Services Director Elaine Daignault announced today that the no-cost, full-service AARP/IRS Volunteer Tax Assistance Program, with special attention to seniors and low to moderate-income households, will be available to the community again this year. Tax preparation and electronic filing of state and federal taxes will be offered at two READ MORE.
01/24/2020
Community News: Students named to dean’s lists; community concert returns
– DelBello Donnellan Weingarten Wise & Wiederkehr, a leading Westchester general practice law firm, has expanded with the addition of six partners and associates from Collier Halpern & Newberg. One partner is David A. Newberg, a graduate of Princeton University and Columbia Law School, and resident of Westport. – Westport Country Playhouse’s Family Festivities Series READ MORE.
01/24/2020
Congratulations to Suzanne Sankow of Sankow’s Beaver Brook Farm on being profiled by Farm Flavor as one of three women making a
Congratulations to Suzanne Sankow of Sankow’s Beaver Brook Farm on being profiled by Farm Flavor as one of three women making a mark on Connecticut agriculture! Suzanne brought the farm back to life in the ’80s by raising sheep, and at 81 years can proudly look at how far it’s come: 2,000 pounds of wool READ MORE.
01/24/2020
Senate Dems Say Election Year Shouldn’t Stymie Pot Debate
By Keith M. Phaneuf and Jenna Carlesso www.ctmirror.org Though Connecticut legislators tend to shy away from controversial issues during a reelection year, Senate Democrats insisted today that legalization of recreational marijuana use still could be enacted this year — even with the entire legislature up for election in November. The keys to avoiding election year READ MORE.
01/24/2020
Artist to Artist Talk
An overflow crowd tonight jammed the Ralph Sheffer Room at the Westport Library for Miggs Burroughs’ artist-to-artist interview of renowned Westport photographer Larry Silver (r). The event was held in conjunction with Silver’s exhibit “At the Water’s Edge: Beach Photography in Westport & Beyond.” (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com Read the article on READ MORE.
01/24/2020
GFA winter teams finish week undefeated
It was an undefeated week of Greens Farms Academy winter sports as all the Dragons varsity teams were victorious in each contest they played. GIRLS BASKETBALL The Dragons held Canterbury to a single basket in the second half while pulling away for their 11th win in 12 games this season with a 58-14 victory. Sheridan READ MORE.01/24/2020